《能源安全英文选读（英文）》：
　　The use of new technologies for shale gas and oil production can become widespread in the world, even though it is not a fast process. Everyone is aware of the various technological, legal, infrastructural, ecological and even political complications. However, in prospect it can also influence international energy flow, since the production process can get as close as possible to the places of consumption.
　　Therefore, in our policy we rely upon the principle of feasibility. We attentively monitor all the changes happening in the international energy market, including changes in the energy balance, infrastructure, routes of delivery and technological development in the industry. That is why decisions on the development strategy are taken with the consideration of key prospective markets and technological achievements.
　　Creating the incentives for work in an eastern direction will be our strategic priority in the following decades. We will be investing at a growing rate into the development of the resource base and realization of infrastructural projects that will allow us to meet the requirements of those markets in hydrocarbons.
　　Eventually, all of this will contribute to the consolidation of global energy security, which both producers and consumers are interested in.
　　Energy demand from China is growing and co-operation between Russia and China continues. How is Russia planning to satisfy Chinese requirements for energy?
　　As was already mentioned, infrastructure projects in the Far East are aimed not only at China but also at the rest of Asia and Oceania. China is only one sales market, even though it is a very big and important one. Oil and coal supplies to China are provided competitively. Electricity supplies from the Far East for now are very insignificant, but they allow us to fill our capacities and reduce the rate load for Far Eastern consumers. Pipeline gas is not being supplied yet because there is no infrastructure for this now. But negotiations between China and Gazprom3 over gas supplies are still ongoing. Potential quantities have been fixed and the only thing that is left is to regulate the issue of pricing where we are guided by market price markers.
　　What new projects are being created for the realization of this objective?
　　In accordance with the agreement between the governments of the Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China on co-operation in the area of oil from April 21, 2009, there was an oil pipeline constructed and commissioned from Skovorodino4 to the Russia-China border with transfer capacity of 15 million tonnes per year. The total cost of the construction is about 720 billion roubles.
　　An intergovernmental agreement with the People's Republic of China, signed in March 2013 on the extension of co-operation in the area of crude oil trade, provides increased supplies through the Skovorodino-Mohe oil pipeline starting from 2018. It is planned to extend the oil pipeline's transfer capacities in the sector up to Skovorodino up to 80 million tonnes per year and in the sector from Skovorodino to Kozmino up to 50 million tonnes a year. Currently, its capacity is 50 million and 30 million tonnes respectively. If required, a further ex-tension of the projects is possible.
　　Increased oil supplies will allow Russia to both expand trading activities with China and its presence in the markets of Asia and Oceania,
　　How successful has the development of offshore fields and energy reserves of the Arctic been?
　　Regardless of the fact that this region has been under development for a long time, the production of an estimated 600 billion barrels of oil is still not up and running.
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